Professionals who decide to make Mediation their vocation and their job are becoming more essential every day. In a world in which aggressiveness, conflicts and belligerence are increasing, the peaceful resolution of conflicts becomes a value that we cannot fail to transmit to new generations. That is why below we will tell you a little more about Civil Mediation.
Civil Mediation: In what areas and conflicts it can be applied
Below we list the different cases in which a process of Civil Mediation can be applied to achieve a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
1. Civil contracts. All contracts that are developed between 2 people and that generate some disagreement can be resolved through a Mediation process: donations, mortgages, traffic accidents, sales, etc.
2. Conflicts between people over special properties, such as intellectual property, horizontal property, etc.
3. Conflicts between people, whether due to coexistence or friendship. All these conflicts that may originate outside of a family relationship are also susceptible to being resolved through Civil Mediation.
4. Conflicts between neighbors. This is one of the areas in which Civil Mediation is most used. Living in a community of neighbors can cause many conflicts that sometimes last for years, seriously harming the people as a whole more than the parties involved. It is for this reason that the intervention of Mediation can be essential for a quick and flexible understanding. In this case, coexistence conflicts, works, use of common spaces, debts, inconveniences, etc. are included.
5. Conflicts between tenants or owners of commercial premises. These conflicts usually generate, in addition to stress, many economic consequences for both parties. Quick resolution of the problem will improve the economic outcome of the people involved, which is why a Civil Mediation process is usually the best option. All problems of non-payment, works, duration of the contract, etc. fall within this scope.
6. Claims for damages due to non-contractual negligence. Sometimes, the conflict between two people can arise without a contract involved, but one party still causes damage to the other and the latter demands compensation. Compensation may only be financial, but some form of moral compensation may also be claimed. In either case, Mediation can intervene as a way to peacefully resolve conflicts.
How is Civil Mediation different from Arbitration?
These two terms are often confused, but they have a very important difference. A mediator does not have the authority to make any type of decision without consensus or approval by both parties. On the other hand, an arbitrator has the power and authority to make a decision on the resolution of the conflict by both parties even without their consent.
